Ground News Bias Checker
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Ground News Bias Checker: Uncover Media Bias on Firefox
Ground News Bias Checker is a Firefox add-on developed by a former NASA engineer. The extension reveals the political bias in online news articles and offers various perspectives on a single story. It overlays the bias data on your social media feed, provides access to bias data from over 50,000+ news sites, and compares coverage differences among sources across the political spectrum. The tool is user-friendly and designed to help readers see and understand the hidden bias in their news articles.
Add-on stats
Manifest V3
By: Ground News
Rating: 3.16 
(31)
Weekly download count: 125
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- tabs
- storage
Host permissions:
- https://extension.ground.news/*
- https://production.checkitt.news/api/*
Size: 535.25K
Email: fe*****@ground.news
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Great concept and idea behind the service
- Useful tool for getting multiple perspectives on news articles
- Well-designed layout and functionality of the website
- Excellent way to access various viewpoints without browsing numerous sites
Cons
- Extension breaks the formatting of certain websites (e.g., Reddit)
- High CPU usage when running the extension
- Concerns over trust and privacy due to extensive data access
- Users experienced bugs such as inability to save citations and login issues
Most mentioned
- Privacy concerns regarding data access
- Performance issues such as CPU usage
- Functionality problems affecting the usability of websites
User reviews
by Firefox user 17056299, 2025-02-25
by Firefox user 17953219, 2025-02-18
The website is great but the extension just doesn't work. It breaks the formatting of pages on Reddit and even though I added reddit.com to the "Hidden Sources", it still appears on the page. Uninstalling until the devs fix this.
by Firefox user 10266899, 2025-01-27
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Ground News Bias Checker requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
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